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Not long after announcing her pregnancy on stage at last year's MTV Video Music Awards, Beyonce and Jay-Z took a late summer vacation to Croatia, where intrepid photogs got a famous first shot of Beyonce's growing baby bump as she and her hubby relaxed on the shores of the Adriatic Sea.

The stir around the photo – and now to a video shot by the couple and posted to her Tumblr that appears to give further insight into Blue Ivy's name – apparently brought a great deal of attention and tourism to the island of Hvar, where the pictures were snapped, and now the mayor of the island town is thanking the couple by offering baby Blue honorary citizenship.

"The story of the origin of your girl's name, Blue Ivy, has brought huge media attention and great tourism promotion to the town of Hvar," Mayor Pjerino Bebic said in a letter sent to the couple, according to the Dalmacija News (via AFP/Yahoo). "I have decided to grant your daughter the status of honorary citizen of the town."

Bebic has also good-naturedly invited the family to return to Hvar.

Queen Bey and Jay's visit to "sunniest town in Croatia" came shortly after the two singers announced Beyonce's pregnancy.

In the video, B talks while Jay films her. She discusses walking past a tree covered in blue ivy. At one point, Beyonce says of the tree, "I think it's blue ivy, which would be quite appropriate."

Croatian news services have been broadcasting the clip (below), saying Blue Ivy was reportedly named after the tree wrapped in blue ivy that the couple saw while on the island during their September 2011 visit.

Now, whether baby Blue was named after the tree or the couple's discovery of its natural beauty was simply particularly serendipitous is up for question. Beyonce also posted a poem by Rebecca Solnit called "Field Guide To Getting Lost" to her Tumblr that discusses the color blue, suggesting the name may have even deeper meaning to the couple.

The poem mediates heavily on the and its connection to nature. "Water is colorless, shallow water appears to be the color that lies beneath it," Solnit's writes. "But deep water is full of his scattered light, the purer the water, the deeper the blue."

"Ivy" is also how one would phonetically say the roman numerals I and V – IV, or 4 … Beyonce's favorite number.

Regardless, from Bebic offer to the deeper meaning of Blue Ivy's name, the whole story just makes us smile.

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It's hard to image growing up with a cooler mom and dad than Beyonce and Jay-Z, but the rapper revealed his insecurities about fatherhood on Oprah's Master Class: Special Edition, saying he's certain he will spoil his baby girl and hopes she doesn't resent him for it later.

"I imagine I'll take things I learned from my mom and things I've learned from raising my nephews and apply that," Jay said of fatherhood. "Then at the end of the day, I just know I'll probably have the worst-spoiled little kid ever."

Having taken a look at the very fancy dream nursery Andrea Edmunds, president of PoshTots, who has worked with Heidi Klum, Kimora Lee Simmons and Gwyneth Paltrow, put together for the posh tot and the fantastic threads baby Blue already sports on days out with mom, we're pretty sure the royal couple of hip-hop and R&B are already headed down that path.

"Everyone imagines they'll be a great dad until their [kids are] teenagers," he continued. "[Then it's like], 'Get away from me, dad. You're embarrassing me.'"

It's kind of comforting to know that Jay-Z has the same fears about fatherhood that every man endures, right? Coming from a difficult upbringing himself, we're sure he'll extol the virtues of hard work and dedication to his baby girl.

We think baby Blue will be just fine.

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By Zachary Swickey

We often read crazy stories in the news that seem too wildly outrageous to be true, but when there’s a police report to back-up the insanity it’s hard to argue. Case in point: Ronald Deaver, a 31-year-old man who shanked a dude for not knowing the marital status of Jay-Z and Beyonce. (Now, that s**t cray!).

Fox News reports that one hour before we rung in 2012, Deaver allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man outside his apartment in Parma, Ohio, and has been charged with felonious assault for the incident. Det. Marty Compton says the fight began “because the victim did not know that singer Beyonce’s husband is rapper Jay-Z.” The officer says authorities were called following the stabbing and the victim was rushed to a local hospital before being transferred to MetroHealth Medical Center, where he is currently in good condition. Read More...

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Missoni for Target launched today to much fanfare and website crashing. It's the latest low-cost designer diffusion line for the retailer and people are into it.

Sure, we wish there was a bit more stuff for guys. (Editor Rant: There need to be more designer diffusion lines that feature men's clothing – we'd camp out for John Varvatos at H&M, just sayin.') But the clothes, household items and bed/bath stuff that the pricey Italian fashion house created for Target are pretty fantastic. The best, though, has to be the kids' stuff. And you know who is probably looking at kids' stuff right now? Beyonce and Jay-Z, that's who.

Of course, King Bey and Hova don't have to do diffusion; they can afford anything they want. But both superstars seem pretty grounded, and Beyonce has a longstanding relationship with the retailer. She offered up a deluxe edition of her latest album 4 exclusively at Target and surprised members of the Boys and Girls Club of New York by showing up at the chain's Harlem store during a dance lesson earlier this summer.

So what is Missoni offering up at Target that Bey and Jay might be interested in? Well, provided they have a baby girl, some pretty cute stuff. Read More...

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From Hollywood Crush:

By Amy Wilkinson

There were plenty of water-cooler moments during last night's MTV Video Music Awards, but the one that undoubtedly left the most tongues wagging was Beyoncé's onstage reveal that she and hubby Jay-Z are expecting their first child together. Congrats to the soon-to-be parents!

Now, we can only guess at the kinds of feverish preparations underway in anticipation of the arrival of Baby Knowles-Carter, but if we were the wagering sort, we'd bet it includes copious reading bouts of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" punctuated by shopping outings for infant-size leotards.

But, really, we don't think Beyoncé needs to stress it. She's got plenty of maternal musings stockpiled into her prolific song catalog. So, as Auntie Crush's baby gift to Bey and Jay, we've rounded up five gleaming gems.

Song: "Girls (Who Rule the World)"

Lyrics: "Who runs the world? Girls / Some of them men think they freak this like we do / But no they don't"

Takeaway: On the surface, this powerhouse seems like pointed girl-power propaganda for Beyoncé Jr., but really, it's just as much a cautionary tale for boys who think they are all that. Best be listenin' up, Jay Jr.

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